How heat impacts mental health
Charlie Health reports rising temperatures worsen mental health, increasing risk of anxiety, depression, and suicide, especially among vulnerable groups.
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The shocking rise in policy cancellations: Is your home insurance next?
CheapInsurance.com reports a rise in home insurance policy cancellations due to climate-related risks, increasing costs, and more frequent claims.
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Data centers have a surprising ally: The communities they call home
Airedale reports that 70% of Americans are comfortable with data centers nearby, highlighting public support for sustainable development.
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A dermatologist reveals 11 shampoo ingredients that could actually damage your hair
Hers reports on harmful hair care ingredients. Avoid sulfates, parabens, silicones, and certain oils for healthier hair.
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Which startup business credit cards don’t require a credit check?
Ramp reports that startup business credit cards without credit checks enable access based on cash flow, helping establish credit for new businesses.
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What is a ghost card? Benefits, examples, and use cases
Brex reports ghost cards, digital payment solutions that enhance expense management, improve security, and simplify tracking for businesses.
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The sleepcation boom: Why more travelers are booking trips to do nothing
ExploreBestColleges.com reports a rise in sleepcations, as travelers seek restful getaways to combat burnout and prioritize recovery over busy itineraries.
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Top-earning women's tennis players of all time
Stacker looked at the 25 top-earning women’s tennis players of all time as of June 16, 2025, using data compiled by the WTA Tour.
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Trump’s airstrikes, constitutionality debated
ST. JOSEPH, MO (News-Press NOW) — As tensions escalate in the Middle East, President Donald Trump’s authorization of a bombing campaign in Iran has reignited a national and local debate about the limits of presidential war powers.
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Duke phenom Cooper Flagg goes to Dallas Mavericks with No. 1 overall pick in NBA draft
By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — The Dallas Mavericks selected Duke University forward Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 overall pick in Wednesday’s NBA draft in Brooklyn, New York. The 18-year-old is the second youngest player ever to be drafted No. 1 overall. Only LeBron James was younger when he was selected by the Cleveland
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Denis Villeneuve to direct next James Bond film
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Denis Villeneuve is going from “Dune” to Bond. Amazon MGM Studios announced Wednesday that Villeneuve will direct the next James Bond movie. The untitled film will be the first since the studio took creative reins of the storied film franchise after decades of control by
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Denis Villeneuve to direct next James Bond film
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Denis Villeneuve is going from “Dune” to Bond. Amazon MGM Studios announced Wednesday that Villeneuve will direct the next James Bond movie. The untitled film will be the first since the studio took creative reins of the storied film franchise after decades of control by
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Ecuador recaptures gang leader wanted in the United States more than a year after his prison escape
By GONZALO SOLANO and GABRIELA MOLINA Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A fugitive drug trafficker wanted by authorities in Ecuador and the United States was recaptured more than a year after he escaped from prison in the Andean nation, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced Wednesday. José Adolfo Macías, alias “Fito,” who led a gang
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CIA says it has evidence Iran’s nuclear program was ‘severely damaged’ as assessments of US strikes’ impact continue
By Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — CIA Director John Ratcliffe on Wednesday said in a statement that the agency had obtained “a body of credible evidence [that] indicates Iran’s Nuclear Program has been severely damaged” by recent strikes, underscoring a broad intelligence community effort is ongoing to determine the
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The US and Iran have had bitter relations for decades. After the bombs, a new chapter begins
By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Now comes a new chapter in U.S.-Iran relations, whether for the better or the even worse. For nearly a half century, the world has witnessed an enmity for the ages — the threats, the plotting, the poisonous rhetoric between the “Great Satan” of Iranian lore and the
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Drug kingpin ‘Fito,’ Ecuador’s most wanted man, has been captured, says Ecuador’s president
CNN By Ana María Cañizares, Abel Alvarado and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador’s most wanted man and leader of the Los Choneros gang, Jose Adolfo Macias, was captured on Wednesday, according to the country’s President Daniel Noboa. Macias, known as “Fito,” escaped from a prison in Guayaquil in January 2024 while serving a 34-year
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Former Venezuela spymaster pleads guilty to narcoterrorism charge ahead of trial
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A former Venezuelan spymaster who was close to the country’s late President Hugo Chávez pleaded guilty Wednesday to drug trafficking charges a week before his trial was set to begin in a Manhattan federal court. Retired Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal was extradited from Spain in 2023 after
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What to know about thimerosal, a target of RFK Jr.’s new CDC vaccine advisers
By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — A century ago, one of the biggest safety concerns about vaccines involved bacterial contamination. In 1916, four young children died in South Carolina after receiving typhoid vaccine that had been contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. Twelve years later, 12 children in Queensland, Australia, died from tainted immunizations against diphtheria.
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New Social Security Commissioner faces pointed questions about staffing, privacy
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of job cuts, leadership turnover and other turmoil at the Social Security Administration, the agency’s newly minted commissioner faced pointed questions from lawmakers about the future of the agency and its ability to pay Americans their benefits and protect their privacy. Frank Bisignano, who was
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New Social Security Commissioner faces pointed questions about staffing, privacy
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of job cuts, leadership turnover and other turmoil at the Social Security Administration, the agency’s newly minted commissioner faced pointed questions from lawmakers about the future of the agency and its ability to pay Americans their benefits and protect their privacy. Frank Bisignano, who was
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Zohran Mamdani’s wife Rama Duwaji is an animator, illustrator and ceramicist. And they met on Hinge
By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rama Duwaji’s Election Day post on Instagram was only four words long, but said all it needed to say: “couldn’t possibly be prouder.” It was accompanied by a photo-booth strip of happy poses with her husband, Zohran Mamdani, and a voting selfie that would presage
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White House’s DOGE spending cuts request runs into criticism, questions from some Senate Republicans
By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The head of the White House budget office on Wednesday defended the Trump administration’s push to enact sweeping cuts to federal funding, even as some Republican senators voiced concerns and raised questions about the breadth of them. In opening remarks in front of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Office of
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Trump attacks the media for reporting on intelligence assessment of Iran strikes
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer President Donald Trump is repeatedly condemning CNN and The New York Times for reports that call into question the damage caused by last weekend’s U.S. strikes of Iran — and downplaying his own intelligence analysts in the process. Trump on Wednesday called on CNN to throw out “like a
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Trump attacks the media for reporting on intelligence assessment of Iran strikes
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer President Donald Trump is repeatedly condemning CNN and The New York Times for reports that call into question the damage caused by last weekend’s U.S. strikes of Iran — and downplaying his own intelligence analysts in the process. Trump on Wednesday called on CNN to throw out “like a
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Trump spends NATO summit trying to rebut early US intel assessment about strikes on Iran
By Kevin Liptak, CNN Noordwijk, Netherlands (CNN) — President Donald Trump and his top national security officials spent much of their day in the Netherlands working to rebut an early intelligence report that assessed weekend US strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only
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Ashley Tisdale says her toddler thought Zac Efron was her real-life dad while watching ‘High School Musical’
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Ashley Tisdale’s toddler may have gotten swept up in the magic of her one of her mom’s movies, and honestly, we get it. The “High School Musical” star opened up about how her young daughter Jupiter, born in 2021, got a little confused as to who her parents are
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Takeaways from the Trump-dominated NATO summit
By LORNE COOK Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — NATO’s summit in the Netherlands on Wednesday has been described as “transformational” and “historic.” “We’re witnessing the birth of a new NATO,” Finland’s President Alexander Stubb said. The 32 members of the world’s biggest security organization endorsed a plan to massively ramp up defense spending,
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Trump representative Kari Lake on Voice of America’s fate: ‘Scrap the whole thing and start over’
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer The Trump administration’s choice to oversee government-run news outlets like Voice of America told a congressional committee on Wednesday that “it’s best to just scrap the whole thing and start over.” Kari Lake, the former Arizona newscaster turned Republican politician, testified that the U.S. Agency for Global Media is
Continue ReadingWisconsin Supreme Court refuses to hear challenges to the state’s congressional district boundaries
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to hear challenges brought by Democrats seeking to throw out the battleground state’s current congressional district boundaries before the 2026 midterms. The decisions, made without explanation from the court, is a setback for Democrats who had hoped for
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Senators challenge Trump’s proposed cuts to foreign aid and public media in contentious hearing
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel challenged on a bipartisan basis the merits of cancelling billions of dollars in spending for foreign aid and public media as part of a contentious hearing Wednesday examining the White House’s request for the cuts. The House has already voted to claw back $9.4
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